Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
-- Received: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:52:37 PM PST From: n...@no6b.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL At 3/5/2009 14:24, you wrote: On my two meter repeater we used to require one PL tone for repeater access and a different PL tone for DTMF commands

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-06 Thread no6b
At 3/6/2009 00:20, you wrote: I worked around that by having my repeater ENCODE BOTH pl tones when the autopatch was active. Not really an option in my case: extra bandwidth required, some radios don't decode well when there's a 2nd tone in the CTCSS band. But it would be nice if amateur

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
PST From: n...@no6b.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL At 3/6/2009 00:20, you wrote: I worked around that by having my repeater ENCODE BOTH pl tones when the autopatch was active. Not really an option in my case: extra bandwidth required

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-06 Thread no6b
At 3/6/2009 12:40, you wrote: If you are careful about which tones you use and careful about level setting, you won't need any extra bandwidth. You'll always need more bandwidth than what's needed for a single tone. If you can turn down the deviation of each tone to, say 300 Hz for a total

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL At 3/6/2009 12:40, you wrote: If you are careful about which tones you use and careful about level setting, you won't need any extra bandwidth. You'll always need more bandwidth than what's needed for a single tone. If you can turn down the deviation of each

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Most of mine do DPL. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: MCH m...@nb.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:26 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL You forgot one factor... most ham rigs don't have CDCSS abilities, and like

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread no6b
At 3/4/2009 22:26, you wrote: You forgot one factor... most ham rigs don't have CDCSS abilities, and like it or not those ARE the rigs of choice for people looking for codes for repeaters since they are easy to reprogram. Perhaps this is region dependent. Most radios made for the past several

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread Chuck Kelsey
. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: n...@no6b.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL In fact I feel like a throwback sometimes, sticking with my older equipment - I sometimes get comments about my

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread MCH
I know many hams who are still using radios that don't support CTCSS ENCODE, let alone decode or CDCSS. Again, I said 'most radios', not all radios. Yes, many recent models do include CDCSS. Joe M. n...@no6b.com wrote: At 3/4/2009 22:26, you wrote: You forgot one factor... most ham rigs

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread Rick Szajkowski
its about time the new 'ham' radios support encode and decode CTCSS (pl) I hate to have to buy and extra board to support encode I would like to run our repeater in PL mode but a lot of our users have older radios with out encode the fun debate about CTCSS and CDCSS Thanks to the group for a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread Paul Plack
- Original Message - From: Rick Szajkowski To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL I would like to run our repeater in PL mode but a lot of our users have older radios with out encode... On Thu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread JOHN MACKEY
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL its about time the new 'ham' radios support encode and decode CTCSS (pl) I hate to have to buy and extra board to support encode I would like to run our repeater in PL mode but a lot of our users have older radios with out encode

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread AJ
*Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL I would like to run our repeater in PL mode but a lot of our users have older radios with out encode... On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:18 PM, MCH m...@nb.net wrote: I know many hams who are still using radios that don't support CTCSS ENCODE, let

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread JOHN MACKEY
aj.grant...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL HAHAHAHA Gov't coupons for TS-32s LOL... I run cross tones... Inverted DPL input, 110.9 PL output for normal operation, same Inverted DPL input, standard DPL output for special events/call outs

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:26 PM, MCH wrote: You forgot one factor... most ham rigs don't have CDCSS abilities, and like it or not those ARE the rigs of choice for people looking for codes for repeaters since they are easy to reprogram. The last ham rig I bought that didn't have this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread no6b
At 3/5/2009 14:24, you wrote: On my two meter repeater we used to require one PL tone for repeater access and a different PL tone for DTMF commands (including autopatch access). The repeater generated the normal PL tone for repeater access. Too bad most amateur grade radios made today don't

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-05 Thread MCH
What type of radios do you think the old hams are using? ;- Joe M. Nate Duehr wrote: On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:26 PM, MCH wrote: You forgot one factor... most ham rigs don't have CDCSS abilities, and like it or not those ARE the rigs of choice for people looking for codes for repeaters

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-04 Thread Peter Dakota Summerhawk
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL Jason, The upside to using DPL (CDCSS) for repeater access is that few, if any, wannabe users will be able to get in- IF you encode a different code (DPL or PL) than you decode. If your repeater passes through

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-04 Thread Chuck Kelsey
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:49 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL I have to agree with Eric on this one. I have set up the DPL on the output of the repeater different than the input so it's harder to find the DPL code. Motorola is great about

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-04 Thread no6b
At 3/4/2009 09:49, you wrote: I have to agree with Eric on this one. I have set up the DPL on the output of the repeater different than the input so it s harder to find the DPL code. Motorola is great about this for programming as it s a lot harder to hack the repeater if you have two

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-04 Thread MCH
You forgot one factor... most ham rigs don't have CDCSS abilities, and like it or not those ARE the rigs of choice for people looking for codes for repeaters since they are easy to reprogram. I would agree CDCSS is more secure for that very reason. I recommended a customer switch to CDCSS from

[Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-03 Thread j
Sorry if this isnt the best place to post this... Is there a benefit to using a DPL vs a PL? I am putting a repeater together and thought I would try and get some input... Thanks! Jason

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-03 Thread Chuck Kelsey
that's my take. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: j crowe...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL Sorry if this isnt the best place to post this... Is there a benefit to using a DPL vs a PL

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-03 Thread Peter Dakota Summerhawk
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL The lack of a harsh squelch tailis usually one of the benefits (as opposed to PL Reverse Burst)... But locally, at least in the Amateur realm, it's been implemented ONLY to prevent access by the general Amateur community... On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Lemmon
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:08 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] PL vs. DPL Sorry if this isnt the best place to post this... Is there a benefit to using a DPL vs a PL? I am putting a repeater together and thought I would try and get some input... Thanks